“I think the first time cooking grabbed my attention was when I was a little girl attending Concord Baptist Church,” said Michelle Brasher Donovan. “I noticed when we had ‘dinner on the ground’ or ‘all day singings’, as soon as Bro. Lowery Guest said, ‘Amen’ the women would hurry out the door and retrieve what they had prepared. They walked around the corner of the church to what seemed like tables that went on for miles.[Read more...]

“I still don’t know how to make cornbread,” said Barbara Schreick of Calhoun City, who grew up on an Arkansas farm in a big family of six brothers and one sister. She learned to cook on her own at age 12 when her mother became ill.[Read more...]

Jessica Wade Easley likes to look at Pinterest for recipe ideas to take and make her own and probably types in “quick, healthy dinner” at least three times a week, since her desire to change her eating habits.[Read more...]

Jennifer Edington Wade began watching Food Network while on bedrest pregnant with twins, Cash and Livy, for lack of anything besides re-runs on TV. “Pioneer Woman, Ina Garten, and Diners Drive-ins and Dives were all first run for me.”[Read more...]

A red velvet cake was the first thing Lillie Gillespie made completely on her own, and she has continued to make one every Christmas since then. Instead of cookies, that is what she always made for a snack to leave Santa.[Read more...]

Clemmie Brown’s “ticket in to the family gatherings” is her fudge. She got the recipe years ago from Dr. Richardson’s wife. She said it was “on the Hershey’s box way back then, and it is good.”[Read more...]

When they were little, sisters Kalyn Wright Sims and Blaine Wright Parker always made something for the annual Sweet Potato Cooking Contest in Vardaman with their grandmother, Mary Lee Wright.[Read more...]

“Making a casserole drives me insane because I still don’t like for my food to touch,” said Colbi Parker Ferguson of Bruce. That’s one reason she likes the one dish chicken and veggie dish so much--the three items are separated in the pan.[Read more...]

Obits

James Adren Taylor, 84, of Water Valley, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016 at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. He was born August 1, 1932 in Water Valley, to the late Ed and Alyean Black Taylor. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War from September, 1949 until October, 1952. He worked at […]

Anthony Glenn Allen, Sr., 59 of Avinger, Tx. died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Marshall, Tx. He was preceded in death by a son, Christopher Allen. He was born June 28, 1957 in Minden, La.

Ronald Allen Jenkins, 59, died Monday, December 5, 2016 at Calhoun Health Services Nursing Home in Calhoun City. Born July 13, 1957 in Memphis, he was the son of the late Rupert Jenkins and Bernice Sutton Jenkins. He graduated from Raleigh Egypt High School in Memphis. He received his Masters from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. […]

Harvey Gene Chandler, 78, of Bruce, passed away Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at Bruce Community Living Center. Born July 19, 1938 in Bruce, he was the son of Harvey and Addie Thomas Chandler. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Batesville.